Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson, Volume 2Ward, 1873 - American poetry |
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... never never rain , Nor dew thy tender blossoms cover , For there was basely slain my love , My love , as he had not been a lover . The boy put on his robes , his robes of green , His purple vest , ' twas my ain sewing , Ah ! wretched me ...
... never never rain , Nor dew thy tender blossoms cover , For there was basely slain my love , My love , as he had not been a lover . The boy put on his robes , his robes of green , His purple vest , ' twas my ain sewing , Ah ! wretched me ...
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... never title yet so mean could prove , But there was eke a mind which did that title love . One ancient hen she took delight to feed , The plodding pattern of the busy dame ; Which , ever and anon , impell'd by need , Into her school ...
... never title yet so mean could prove , But there was eke a mind which did that title love . One ancient hen she took delight to feed , The plodding pattern of the busy dame ; Which , ever and anon , impell'd by need , Into her school ...
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... never may ye taste more careless hours In knightly castles , or in ladies ' bowers . O vain to seek delight in earthly thing ! But most in courts where proud Ambition towers ; Deluded wight ! who weens fair Peace can spring Beneath the ...
... never may ye taste more careless hours In knightly castles , or in ladies ' bowers . O vain to seek delight in earthly thing ! But most in courts where proud Ambition towers ; Deluded wight ! who weens fair Peace can spring Beneath the ...
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... never mend : No foe to man was e'er to God a friend . Let reason and let virtue faith maintain : All force but theirs is impious , weak , and vain . Me other cares in other climes engage , Cares that become my birth , and suit my age ...
... never mend : No foe to man was e'er to God a friend . Let reason and let virtue faith maintain : All force but theirs is impious , weak , and vain . Me other cares in other climes engage , Cares that become my birth , and suit my age ...
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... never tried Its dignity by vengeance to maintain , But by magnanimous disdain . A wit that , temperately bright , With inoffensive light All pleasing shone ; nor ever past The decent bounds that Wisdom's sober hand , And sweet ...
... never tried Its dignity by vengeance to maintain , But by magnanimous disdain . A wit that , temperately bright , With inoffensive light All pleasing shone ; nor ever past The decent bounds that Wisdom's sober hand , And sweet ...
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